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That spring loaded center punch is sold in Florida as an emergency escape tool if you should happen to drive your car into one of the many canals. It happens fairly often.

Jim

Did they stick to the dam? If so that will cause a break.

Jim

It's a torso of a "backside". Very disgusting?

Jim

Impressive!

Havi, you're correct. The mesh is twist-tied to the rebar and the rebar just sits on the mullite cross pieces.

Jim

If the assembly is only two layers thick it will not expand. If it is thicker by a little it might expand very slightly. However, you should still be able to slump it without adjustingh the sides. Usually you can slump a blank that hangs over about an 1/8" without trouble. If your assembly is m...

No, those are some of my dams made from salvaged kiln shelves. Many times they are from ceramicists and what you see as knots are glaze drops fused to the shelf before I cut them up.0

Jim

The mesh is expanded metal. It is not SS so it spalls and will sometimes leave some metal in the melt. I tried SS once (a BBQ grill) and it spalled the same as the metal mesh only it cost a lot more. I can buy the mesh at my metal club. I get a 4' x 8' sheet and cut it into (32) 12" x 12" ...

This setup never fails. The rebar is cheap.

There's no guarantee that the molds made for slumping will set flat either. I have several from BE that don't and when asked said they have no control over that.

Jim

I'm sure the reason Bullseye and Thompson make frit that way is because quenching would add extra cost to the production. It's doubtful the public would pay extra for granular frit. I have made frit both ways and I prefer the granular. For my work it is much easier to manipulate. I also don't like b...

I disagree. I've made a lot of frit and my preferred method is to quench the glass first. I use a SS bowl and heat about 3 - 5 lbs of glass to 1000 - 1100 degrees. Turn off the power and grab the bowl with large pliers. Welding gloves are sufficient. Dump the glass into a bucket of water. I prefer t...

Galvanized pipe has been coated with zinc. Zinc is not magnetic so will stay in your frit. I have found that the minute particles of zinc produce ugly brown bubbles when the frit is taken to full fuse. I switched to plain steel for my crusher.

Jim "The Hobbyist"

Very nicely done, especially the edge.

Jim "The Hobbyist"

I don't know if this is any help. I use BE KW. I premeasure and mix 4 oz plastic bottles at about 1:5 KW:water. I will make a couple dozen at a time. I use a Chicago Air Brush to apply the mix to my shelves. The KW will have settled out so first I have to shake it very well. The bottles are clear so...

Did you look here? http://www.dallasbonsai.com/

Jim

Most kiln controlers have a small fuse. Check to see if it has blown.

Jim

Of all the Clear Shield products which one do you use?

Jim

I have flattened the bottom of rocking bowls by putting the bowl on the shelf and bringing it to slump temp. As the temp rises and nears the target temp I open the kiln a little and see if the bowl will still rock. As soon as it is stable I crash cool and proceed to the anneal cycle. The bowl does n...